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banks of the Tamar. In July young Green Woodpeckers seemed 
unusually plentiful,* and I am sorry to add that many were 
caught alive and others killed in various ways; I bought one or 
two of the stronger ones, and gave them their liberty. By the 
end of the month young Puffins were observed off Plymouth, and 
one of them was caught by a fisherman with hook and line—a 
rather unusual circumstance. The man who captured it said 
that he thought he was pulling up a pretty good fish until he saw 
what it was. 
On August 11th a Spotted Crake and a young Redshank were 
sent up from Penzance. The bill of the Redshank was wholly of 
adusky colour, and the legs very dull yellowish orange. 
On September 10th several Gannets and Manx Shearwaters 
were sent to Plymouth, for preservation, from St. Ives, Cornwall ; 
and on the 21st a young Grey Phalarope was shot off St. Ives 
Head, and another seen the following day, but was not obtained. 
These were the only specimens of this Phalarope I heard of on 
our coasts during the past autumn. The person who shot the 
Manx Shearwaters told me that he saw a small flock of the 
Greater Shearwater, Pufinus major, but could not get near them. 
Several Terns, Whimbrels, and Knots were killed in the same 
locality. The Gannets, as is generally the case in the autumn, 
were found to be in almost every stage of mottled plumage from 
the young to the adult; indeed I never before saw such pretty 
varieties. 
On September 24th I observed several Redshanks and 
Dunlins on the mud-banks of the Laira, the latter not having 
lost the black patch on the breast. Some young Siskins and an 
adult Snow Bunting were brought to a Stonehouse birdstutfer, 
both rare species in the neighbourhood of Plymouth; the former 
were caught alive, in company with a small flock of Goldfinches, 
and the latter was shot. Possibly the early appearance of these 
birds may be attributed to the preceding severe cold and fall of 
snow in Scotland. 
By October 9th there were some young White-fronted Geese 
hanging in the Plymouth Market, and others were said to have 
been observed at Devonport ten days previously; they did not 
show any dark bands on the under parts, and the white band at 
* See ‘ Zoologist,’ 1880, pp. 149, 221.—Eb. 
